#EEAD59#EEAD59

#EEAD59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.126 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEAD59
RGB	rgb(238, 173, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, 15.34, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 53.86, 73.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% 0.0407 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.126 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.0098, 48.7895, 16.1273)
Luminance	0.4879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEAD59 #599AEE

analogous

#EE6359 #EEAD59 #E4EE59

triadic

#EEAD59 #59EEAD #AD59EE

tetradic

#EEAD59 #59EE63 #599AEE #EE59E4

square

#EEAD59 #59EE63 #599AEE #EE59E4

split-complementary

#EEAD59 #59E4EE #6359EE

monochromatic

#BA7113 #E89221 #EEAD59 #F4C891 #F9E4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#EEAD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#EEAD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEAD59

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEAD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEAD59	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eead59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 173, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.126 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c58a',
    500: '#eead59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eead59;
$custom-light: #f8c58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eead59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.826,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7929,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEAD59

secondary

#B7CEEB

accent

#65DE08

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEAD59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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